As an American I'm drawn to statistics to evaluate players and teams. The mainstream American sports of Baseball and Football are often viewed through the stats of the players. They are evaluated and ranked based on batting averages, yards per carry, quarterback rating and earned run averages. Soccer enthusiasts used to decry the use of
Continue readingIn the recent Champions League final between FC Barcelona and Manchester United there was an interesting, and very telling, statistic which I had never seen tracked before. The statistic was the “most common pass exchange”. The “most common pass exchange” (MCPE) is the two person combination that make the most passes between each other during
Continue readingStats don't often tell an accurate picture. In sports like American Football and especially baseball, stats can be more indicative of the true story. I have noticed that over the past 10 years or so, statistics in soccer are becoming more widespread. I think it goes without saying that they are pretty widespread here in
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